Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 457: The Apostle of God Guarding the Deep Sea Gate

Biscuit took the small mirror, looked left and right, and let out a wail.

"Ahhh, forehead wrinkles, crow's feet, nasolabial folds... I didn't expect to see you again."

After the Sphinx's curse took effect, it was impossible for Biscuit, who suffered from appearance anxiety, not to complain.

However, when she transformed back into her strong form and felt the power filling her body, she felt it was worth it.

"Hmph, at worst I can let Magic Beautician Cookie take good care of me for two months, and then take some Nitolome, which will definitely help get rid of these wrinkles."

Biscuit crossed his arms and pouted unhappily.

After hearing the question, she made this choice with this in mind.

Anyway, her ability of Nen was born out of the idea of ​​staying young forever, and now it is being used for the right purpose.

In the next two months, she was unable to maintain her former pretty and childlike appearance, which made her crazy and frustrated.

While Biscuit was chattering along in a manner appropriate to his age, Sphinx had already asked Germain his questions.

It stared at Germann for obviously much longer than it stared at Mo Laowu and Bisiji, so much so that everyone looked at it in surprise.

After a long while, it sighed and said, "My ability has no effect on you. You have an extremely powerful "blessing", just like a gatekeeper."

"I can neither see your past nor change your present. However, I still have to ask the question, and you must answer it, otherwise I will not let you go."

Germain clicked his cocked hat and nodded, "I understand."

He belongs to the same class as the gatekeeper, and the Sphinx's ability has no effect on him, just like it is extremely difficult for lower dimensions to affect higher dimensions.

The Sphinx thought for a moment, then asked, "If you were given a chance to live your life again, would you still choose to come to the Dark Continent?"

"Of course." For German, this was not a difficult question at all.

No matter how many times that night happened again, and no matter how many different life choices he made in the past two years, the only place he would definitely come was the Dark Continent.

The Sphinx was silent for a while, then said, "I want to ask you another question, but you don't have to answer it... What's your name?"

"German."

"German...I remember your name."

"I've finished asking questions." The Sphinx raised one of its front paws and pointed to the door at the back of the courtyard, which had slowly opened. "You can go through."

So, Germain and his companions walked around the huge Sphinx lying here and passed through the courtyard door.

The Sphinx stood up straight for a rare moment, turned around, and watched their backs disappear around the corner.

This is the first time it has seen a human like German since it was created and placed here by the gatekeeper.

Even the most talented man...what was his name?

Ah... Dong Fulishi... Even he is not as strong as the man in front of him.

The Sphinx was still very interested in what Germain would do next, but it was a pity that it had to stay here and had no chance to see it.

I hope he won’t be like Dong Fulisi, gone for hundreds of years and never come back.

Countless people have come and gone, but the only names that Sphinx really remembers are Germain and Don Fulish.

Others might have had an impression of it, but never took it to heart.

Germain and his party passed through the courtyard of the Sphinx.

Mo Laowu was injured and had to be supported by German to walk, and he was very sorry about it.

But German didn't care and didn't feel like he was being dragged down. This is how fellow travelers should support each other.

They passed through a straight and wide alley and soon arrived at the deepest part of the Boundary Gate, which was also the last level.

This place is terribly wide. You can't see the ends on either side at a glance. There is only a wall of sighs in the front.

What appeared before everyone's eyes was a gate that was much larger than the outermost gate, rising from the ground.

This majestic gate, which almost connects heaven and earth, is so deep blue that it is almost black. On both sides are the majestic rising ocean currents that rise into the sky.

Water splashed everywhere, and drops of water fell on everyone like raindrops.

In front of the Deep Sea Gate, there was a stone chair that was slightly larger than a human palace. A large monster was sitting on the stone chair with its eyes closed.

"The apostle of God guarding the Deep Sea Gate has witnessed countless lives and deaths, countless downfalls, but he still loyally guards here, never leaving."

"From a long, long time ago, the will of the deep sea is its will."

As if sensing the approach of the crowd, the gatekeeper opened his scarlet eyes.

It slowly lowered its huge body, and the slippery tentacles on its chin twisted in front of everyone like a sea snake, and a pair of black bat wings guarded its back like armor.

"It's really busy lately." The gatekeeper's voice was like thunder. Although he didn't speak human language, everyone could understand the meaning. "Humans are coming in batches."

"We just sent a group of people away the day before yesterday, and today another group of people came."

It looked towards Germain, its eyes narrowed slightly, then looked away.

German and others looked at each other, and soon realized that the group of people who had just been sent away mentioned by the gatekeeper were Bi Yangde and his group.

Bi Yangde and his group had indeed passed the customs and set off.

"I can let you through, and even have a guide help you cross the ocean. However, you need to pass the final test I set."

"Now, have two of you come forward, and the rest of you stand back."

There was no objection this time. It was German and Biscuit who came forward, while Xiaodi and the injured Mo Laowu retreated to the back.

The gatekeeper first looked at Biscuit, his eyes slightly narrowed, and a large group of tentacles squirmed and rolled together, entangled in a spiral, and with a bang, it poked the ground.

When these tentacles spread out like blooming petals, Biscuit saw a subhuman monster suddenly appearing behind them.

This sub-human species has the head of a great white shark, but its torso and limbs are similar to those of a human, but it is much larger, nearly three meters tall.

It opened its mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth, sticky saliva dripping from between its teeth, and its tiny black pupils were filled with hungry greed.

Biscuit felt a spiritual energy from it that was stronger than his own... Obviously, it was a champion-level monster.

The gatekeeper's voice came from above: "I have created a sub-human species that is more powerful than you. It can only survive for ten minutes."

Its tentacles were like spears, pointing at Biscuit, with a strong sense of oppression: "As long as you can hold out for ten minutes under its attack, you win."

"Can you hold on for ten minutes?" Biscuit changed back to her strong form and assumed one of the starting stances of the Heart Source Flow, with one hand forward and a lunge.

She twisted her neck, making a crackling sound.

"Don't underestimate me... this sub-human, it just so happens that you are the final round of hammering for me to forge myself."

The shark man didn't say anything, but just walked towards Biscuit viciously.

The gatekeeper paid no attention to Bisiji's declaration and quickly turned to look at German.

"As for you, I cannot create an opponent that matches you... In that case, then let's meet again..."

Rumbling--

Amidst the huge tremors, the gatekeeper slowly stood up from the stone chair.

Its body seemed to be stuck to the stone chair, and when it stood up it brought up a large piece of rubble.

A pair of gigantic four-toed feet stepped in front of Germain, its bloated flesh covered in thick layers of scales, and it exuded the stench of the deep sea.

It looked down at Germann, who was not even as big as one of its toes, but it did not underestimate the enemy at all: "I will take action for the first time in a long time."

"It's been a long, long time since I've encountered a monster that can rival me."

"If you can still stand up in the same ten minutes, then you and that woman will win. I will let all of you pass and let the guide lead the way."

The gatekeeper stretched out his sharp claws, and a strange vortex formed in the air.

It reached its claws in and quickly pulled out a trident that was slightly taller than it was. It waved it in the air, stirring up a gust of wind.

Then, the uneven trident, which was densely parasitized by barnacles, pointed at German, and the drops of water dripping down were enough to swallow him.

German was not afraid. He just looked around and said, "Let's go to another place. I don't want to fight with you here. It will affect my companions."

(End of this chapter)